Copilot Code Review and the 4,000 Character Limit
Here is a fun way to lose an afternoon: carefully write coding standards into your repository’s .github/copilot-instructions.md, request a Copilot code review on a pull request that violates several of them, and watch the review…
Getting Your AI Agent to Actually Follow Your Instructions
There is a special kind of frustration in watching an AI agent cheerfully do the exact thing your instructions file tells it not to do. You wrote the rule. The rule is right there. The…
Teaching Your AI Assistant to Remember: Session Checkpoints for Multi-Day Work
If you’ve used an AI coding assistant for anything beyond a quick one-off question, you’ve hit the wall: the conversation context runs out. You start a new session, and the assistant has no idea what…
A Junior DBA’s Field Guide to This Series: What Your Mentor Forgot to Explain
A companion guide for junior DBAs navigating the ALTER DBA ADD AGENT series. Maps the vocabulary walls, production safety gaps, and confidence calibration challenges that experienced readers won’t even notice.
SQL Server Patching Pre/Post Checks with AI
Generate matched pre-patch and post-patch validation scripts with AI for safe SQL Server patching.
Smart DBCC CHECKDB Scheduling with AI
Build intelligent CHECKDB scheduling with AI size-based estimates, window optimization, and corruption alerting.